Tower of London
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Last, but not least. A visit to one of London's best tourist attractions - The Tower of London. Anything dating back to 1066 and still in good condition is worth visiting.
A great way to finish anRead more
Last, but not least. A visit to one of London's best tourist attractions - The Tower of London. Anything dating back to 1066 and still in good condition is worth visiting.
A great way to finish anRead more
Arrived at a chaotic Paddington Station due to train driver's taking limited industrial action. Thankfully our train wasn't affected.
A nice leisurely train trip of two hours back to Cardiff ensuedRead more
After a few busy days in London it was great to get back to Cardiff and spend some family time with Tim, Mel and Gethin.
The somewhat unseasonal weather did little to dampen our happy day includingRead more
After the meeting Abby and Mel headed off to celebrate their 50th and 40th birthdays in peace and quiet whilst the dads took the kids to Big Pit.
Once a working coal mine Big Pit is now a museum thatRead more
Up early and on the 8:55 train from Llandaf to Bath, being a journey of just under 90 minutes in total each way.
Bath is very unusual in that all the houses are built from Bath stone which gives it aRead more
A massive thanks to Tim & Mel, Gethin and friends for a happy time in Wales, and to the UK in general for such a great holiday. So nice to reacquaint and refresh friendships that have lasted over theRead more
After arriving at our accommodation at 7.30pm we decided to walk to Soho for dinner at Wong Kei's (pronounced Wonky's).
We walked over the Jubilee Bridge, through Trafalgar Square and arrived at SohoRead more
Our day started with a mad panic. We slept in until 9am!!
Gone were our plans to catch the underground to St Pancras. We hurriedly got up, raced down for breakfast, back upstairs for showers, bookedRead more
The arrival into Gare du Nord was very underwhelming but reasonably efficient. We caught a taxi to our apartment. The driver spoke good English but wanted to charge us €55 as "the meter wasn'tRead more
After a breakfast of fresh baguettes and jam we headed out to the Metro to travel to Sainte Chapelle.
The Metro maps make it really easy to work out which train you need to catch. The first train weRead more